The 2019 Tour de France is a wrap, with Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) claiming Colombia's first overall victory in the race and inking his name in the annals of Tour history as one of the youngest riders to ever win the race. Cyclingnews' Laura Weislo crunched the data from this year's race, summing up the evolution of the race in 10 charts.
Bernal took the lead in the overall classification on the shortened stage 19 by escaping on the Col de l'Iseran, the highest point of the Tour - only to have the race organisers call a halt to the race because of landslides on the route ahead. The next day's stage was shortened as well and with teammate Geraint Thomas in second place, the fight was on for the final podium spot. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), who led the race for 14 stages, finally gave way on the climb to Val Thorens, and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) filled the final podium spot.
Only five riders wore the yellow jersey, with Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) the surprise winner of the first stage and keeping it while Jumbo-Visma winning the next day's TTT. Alaphilippe took over for the next three stages before being temporarily displaced by Trek-Segafredo's Giulio Ciccone. The Frenchman reclaimed the maillot jaune on stage 8 before defying all expectations to hold onto it until Bernal's attack on stage 19.
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Of the pre-race contenders, many fell out of contention in the Pyrenees, but the Alps were the biggest hammer to the overall rankings, as the cumulative fatigue and lack of motivation to keep fighting when the podium was out of reach bit in.
Points classification
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) set the record for most points classification victories, taking the green jersey on stage 3 and steadily distancing all his rivals.
Mountains classification
Best young riders classification
Teams classification
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